An integrated active microstrip reflectarray element with an internal amplifier

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 993-999

  Clark, Randall W ^a,b   Huff, Greg H ^a   Bernhard, Jennifer T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Active antenna; Active microstrip reflectarray; Microstrip antenna

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; STABILITY;

ACTIVE MICROSTRIP REFLECTARRAY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 0038721490     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.811523     Document Type: Article

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